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51. Must have been USAir back then

Reply to pink-o (Reply #50)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 11:12 PM

Oct 2014

so why are they not the dominant carrier intrastate? Did they sell the routes to Southwest?

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Former major airlines that don't exist anymore: [View all] trof Oct 2014 OP

You forgot Northwest Airlines. Jenoch Oct 2014 #1

Yeah, there were more. trof Oct 2014 #3

Add Piedmont and Chalks... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #2

Piedmont and Eastern were my family airlines when I was a kid... Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #28

From Charlotte? JanMichael Oct 2014 #39

Norfolk, VA Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #40

I think I used to fly on Piedmont from Charlotte to Asheville... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #45

I miss PSA.......it was a local California airline that is no more, either. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2014 #4

I traveled PSA, too. They were great and cheap. kwassa Oct 2014 #14

I remember them! DFW Oct 2014 #36

Southwest bought them out KamaAina Oct 2014 #37

USAirways bought PSA pink-o Oct 2014 #50

Must have been USAir back then KamaAina Oct 2014 #51

They sold their routes to a lot of carriers. pink-o Oct 2014 #74

They had a promotional hot-air balloon too. cemaphonic Oct 2014 #42

I loved PSA. We flew from the Bay Area to SoCal on it. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #63

I never had a chance to fly on PAN-AM MrScorpio Oct 2014 #5

You could have taken TWA to the moon. El Supremo Oct 2014 #61

Midway is gone too. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #6

I loved Eastern shenmue Oct 2014 #7

North Cenrtral Airlines was the airline co. that served the area where I lived Kaleva Oct 2014 #8

B-O-A-C IcyPeas Oct 2014 #9

Is that Pete Best on the right side of the picture? Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #56

no, it's Jimmie Nicol who stood in for Ringo when he was sick... IcyPeas Oct 2014 #57

Western Airlines, 1926-1987 lutefisk Oct 2014 #10

Umm, the entire airplane was a smoking section when I was a child Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #13

I loved those commercials. hifiguy Oct 2014 #59

Oh, wow, what a blast from the past. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #62

Indeed! I'm guessing we must have heard it a million times over the thirty-forty year run Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #66

Their commercials featured the voice of Jim Backus, begin_within Oct 2014 #52

Found a couple: Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #65

Thanks begin_within Oct 2014 #68

Hughes Airworst madamesilverspurs Oct 2014 #11

Continental, America West, Air Tran, Northwest Initech Oct 2014 #12

Air Tran is still around. kwassa Oct 2014 #15

They pretty much existence in name only. Initech Oct 2014 #19

Southwest is in the process of dismantling them Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #29

is delta still running? n/t orleans Oct 2014 #16

Flew Delta to SFO from DTW last week, so yeah :) auntAgonist Oct 2014 #25

Delta's the one that swallowed up Northwest Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #27

Delta is doing well Marrah_G Oct 2014 #55

Agony Airlines, er, Allegheny Airlines kwassa Oct 2014 #17

Didn't Allegheny replace Mohawk? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #44

and that was when 'deregulation' went public. elleng Oct 2014 #18

Air Atlanta. The whole plane was first class. n/t RebelOne Oct 2014 #20

Don't forget Northwest Airlines. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #21

My sis worked NW and made the transition to Delta. Misses the f/a's union. Used to be Teamsters. Sognefjord Oct 2014 #22

I took NWA all the time once I got to grad school... Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #30

I hated flying Northwest. They owned Detroit Metro. kwassa Oct 2014 #31

My only problem with NWA Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #41

1966 my sister flew National back from Germany csziggy Oct 2014 #23

I still have a National dog toy from JFK in 1971 Skittles Oct 2014 #24

Ozark Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #26

Canadian Airlines sharp_stick Oct 2014 #32

I remember a bunch of them DFW Oct 2014 #33

This really hurt. El Supremo Oct 2014 #34

I'll bet! DFW Oct 2014 #35

Aloha KamaAina Oct 2014 #38

I flew Aloha from Honolulu to Kahului, Maui a few times back in the day. panader0 Oct 2014 #48

The first time I flew as a kid, it was on Mohawk. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #43

People's Express tinymontgomery Oct 2014 #46

World Airways shut diwn in March. I flew with them as a service member. bluesbassman Oct 2014 #47

Air America panader0 Oct 2014 #49

Air California, 1967-1987 begin_within Oct 2014 #53

American Trans Air aka ATA AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #54

There is no longer any such thing as customer service hifiguy Oct 2014 #58

Tree Top Airlines! El Supremo Oct 2014 #60

Tinkertoy Airlines! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #73

To me the saddest one is PanAm. That always seemed the epitome Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #64

For me the saddest was TWA. But that's a personal story. trof Oct 2014 #67

Same for me and NWA. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #71

people express Danmel Oct 2014 #69

Western Air Express El Supremo Oct 2014 #70

Pan Am and Eastern were my two favorites. Glorfindel Oct 2014 #72

Air Illinois. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2014 #75

Midway Airlines. Lilyhoney Oct 2014 #76